The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-09
FUNNY ERRORS.
Some Typographical Blunders That Seem
In IYritars.

| Some Typographical Blunders That Seem
LikN Jokes on Martyred Writers.
"Why don't you write up an article
about the typographical blunders print
ers make?" asked the "ring-man. )"
| The ring.man, be it known, is the cult
nrcd typo who makes corrections
which were not in the copy" And
out of the store of his recollections as a
tramp printer, who has carried his COM
posing-rule and his cob pipe from
Maine to New Mexico and all round,
l.e brought forth a few choice dainties.
II was sticking type in Albuquerque,
u. NJ" said he, "and we had one OF
those machine printers working on the
next case to mine. A machine printer,
you understand, is dunderhead who
sets up what the copy looks like, no
riatter whether it makes sense or
not He is the man who never
learns any thing. You know how the
.limsy' comes, this telegraph stuff. The
operators. instead of writing this
morning. say 'smorning.' So when
when they write government it reads
govt. Well, this fellow set it up
goat President Diaz Of the Mexican
Republic appeared as President Ding
Oh, he was beauty-bright, that man
was. I got caught up the other day
myself. The head read: Boot and
Shoe Boycott, and I set it up Boot
and Shoe Bay Colt How's that? A
fellow in this Office. Iwon't tell you his
name, set up Santa Claus Senator
Claus / bet he got nothing in his
stocking for that deadly insult. This
same fellow divided chicken SO that
the first syllable was Chi Chicken
goes. don't it?''
Then the reporter related how he had
been guyed by a convocation of clergy
men because the printer made him say
that the clergy handed in their "up-
roots" instead of reports.
ga typographical error which oc-
CURED during the war has been
handed down by tradition to posterity
is this, which [ think has never been
surpassed: The conflict between the
maniac and the minister 'Merrimac
and the Monitor was what the editor
meant tc say. Oh. before I forget it,
let me tell you another one on that jay
in Albuquerque. The Chiricahuas were
kicking up a good deal of disturbance
about that time and the gillie thought
everything that began with a .ch' was
a Chirio ahua. So when the editor
wrote touching article about the
death of beautiful young singer in
chihuahua, and wrote q head tChihua-
hua Mourning Prima Donna he set
it up Chiricahuas Making Princess
Dance.
Il saw in paper the other day that
piece of music was written in C min
ion.' I'm not a musician, but Slug 7,
who is, says the writer meant
6 minor The Tribune once set up
'Gambetta' I Am Better. A long
time ago an editor wanted to say some.
thing laudatory of Knight of Labor
who was visiting Chicago, and he
printed an interview with him under
the head "A Thinking Tailor and the
fool head man set up "A Thieving
Taylor Well, may be that man
wasn't mad. He just came round a.
boomin' and a-bilin'. Then, in the
Club Man one day an exquisite was
described whose manners would adorn
drawing-room' and the intelligent
compositor made it read whose man.
ners would alarm drowning man.
The head Bridge Carried Away by
a Drove of Hogs" was written "By a
Drive of Logs" It would be pretty
sight to see y drove of hogs carrying
away bridge, now, wouldn't itP A
clever printer spoiled a romantic head
which the editor intended for "The
Halls of the Montezumas" by making
it ''Hells of the Monte Games" and the
Cincinnati Enquirer once created
genuine sensation by stating in big dis.
play type that gang of American
counterfeiters in England had been
Shaving the Queen" 'Shoving the
Queer was the original. Chicago
Wall.